19/08/2024ARCHIVED The Importance of Being an Anesan: Women in the Yakuza
This lecture will explore the often-overlooked contributions of women within the yakuza, from supportive roles played by wives (anesan) and partners to the rare but significant involvement of women in leadership.
03/07/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Kamikaze Girls directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
For our film club in July, we invite you to join our discussion on Kamikaze Girls, a quirky teenage comedy crafted by the imaginative Tetsuya Nakashima.
17/06/2024ARCHIVED A Comparison on Gender Representation in Higher Education and Economics in Japan and the UK
In this lecture Dr Liliana Harding will focus on women’s under-representation in social sciences and economics and why such under-representation matters.
15/04/2024ARCHIVED Women's Liberation Movement, Disability Activism and Reproductive Justice in Japan (1970-1996)
In this lecture, Dr Anna Vittinghoff will explore the impact of disability and women's liberation activists coming together in the 1960s and 1970s.
03/04/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Forever a Woman directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
For our film club in April we invite you to watch Forever a Woman, a touching woman's film directed by star Kinuyo Tanaka.
13/03/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto
Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family, but while her parents tell happy stories of her childhood, she is increasingly haunted by the sense that she's forgotten something important about her past.
03/01/2024ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Our Little Sister directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
Welcome to the first Film Club of 2024! Please join us to discuss the intimate family drama Our Little Sister directed by celebrated filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda.